Improvement in combined spring-shackle and step



R. DO'I'Y. COMBINED SPRING SHAC-KLES AND STEPS.

No. 194,863, Patented S-ept..v4, 1877.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN DOTY, OF WELLSVILLE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED SPRlNG-SHACKLE AND STEP.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 194,863, dated September 4, 1877; application filed May 12, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN DOTY, of Wellsville, county of Allegany and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Shackle and Step, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved shackle and step in section on line a: a: in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line 3 y, Fig. l. i

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction of a shackle for coupling the springs of platform-wagons, and in the combination of a step with the shackle, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawing, A and B are portions of the shackle that are secured to the ends of the wagon-springs by bolts a. The parts A B are similar, and consist of a round bar, I), from the ends of which the arms 0 project at right angles and parallel to each other. At

the ends of these arms eyes are formed for receiving the bolts (1.

The bars I) of the parts A B are arranged at right angles to each other, and between them a bearing-piece, d, is placed, which con sists of two semicircular parts, arranged at right angles, having their convex surfaces at tached together centrally. This bearing-piece covers half of the surface of each of the bars 12. From upper part of the bearing-piece an arm, e, projects, to which a step, f, is secured by means of a rivet or screw. 7

The step may be attached directly to the part A, if desired, when the arm e may be dispensed with.

The advantages claimed for my improvement are that the shackle is cheaply and easily constructed and applied. Friction is distributed over a large surface, so that the wear is reduced to a minimum, and the step is always kept in a horizontal position.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The shackle A B, that connects wagonsprings, provided with the piece 01 to serve as a bearing for parts A B, and. a support for the step, as shown and described.

REUBEN DOTY.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. S. LEE, A. A. WHITE. 

